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Mars Scout Program Cancelled?
Drkskywxlt
post Jul 29 2010, 02:59 PM
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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/29scout/

I hadn't heard this elsewhere and a quick google of "mars scout cancellation" pulled up nothing about this. The article quotes an interview with Doug McCuiston, so it sounds legit. Apparently, since Mars is now included in Discovery proposals, they feel that covers the low-priced Mars missions adequately. They also feel that no high-quality science can be garnered from such small missions going forward. As a Mars atmosphere guy, I beg to differ on that...

I doubt Mars missions are going to fare well in Discovery proposal reviews since Mars gets it's own budget and areas like small body, inner solar system, and perhaps even the outer solar system get such infrequent missions by comparison.
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- Drkskywxlt   Mars Scout Program Cancelled?   Jul 29 2010, 02:59 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Jul 29 2010, 06:59 AM...   Jul 29 2010, 04:20 PM
|- - Drkskywxlt   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 29 2010, 11:20 AM)...   Jul 29 2010, 04:25 PM
|- - ugordan   He's suggesting the missions will be chosen ba...   Jul 29 2010, 04:27 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   I'm a Mars researcher, of course I believe the...   Jul 29 2010, 04:36 PM
- - djellison   "The fact that the Mars program already gets ...   Jul 29 2010, 09:14 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   I misspoke. I was thinking about MSL when I poste...   Jul 29 2010, 11:04 PM
- - vjkane   I believe that budgets did in the Scout program. ...   Jul 30 2010, 06:36 AM

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